NIA attaches property of Mushtaq Zargar, founder of Al-Umar terror group
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Srinagar: In a notable development on Thursday, National Investigation Agency (NIA) attached the property of Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar founder of Al-Umar Mujahideen terror group in J&K's Srinagar city.
The Union home ministry (MHA) earlier declared Zargar a 'terrorist' under the unlawful activities prevention act (UAPA).
Sleuths of NIA assisted by the local police and the CRPF attached the house of Al-Umar founder, Zargar in Ganai Mohalla of Nowhatta area in Srinagar city.
Zargar was arrested on May 15, 1992 and later released in 1999, along with Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief, Masood Azhar and Sheikh Omar.
Three of them were exchanged for passengers of hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999.
The flight going to Kathmandu was hijacked and flown to Kandahar in Afghanistan.
To secure the safe release of the passengers and crew, these three were exchanged in Kandahar.
IANS with superficial edits